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Trends in the evolution of the public Web 1998-2002

This article examines three key trends in the development of the public Web - size and growth, internationalization, and metadata usage - based on data from the OCLC Office of Research Web Characterization Project, an initiative that explores fundamental questions about the Web and its contents through a series of Web samples conducted annually since 1998.

"This article examines three key trends in the development of the public Web - size and growth, internationalization, and metadata usage - based on data from the OCLC Office of Research Web Characterization Project, an initiative that explores fundamental questions about the Web and its contents through a series of Web samples conducted annually since 1998."@en